Time to Take out the Trash

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By Aaron Ander, Certified Nutritional Practitioner

Did you know that your body can have a difficult time eliminating toxins?  When the body is bogged down by toxins, you may feel tired and have low energy.  Also, your immune system becomes challenged with a heavy toxic load.

Think of the body like a city.  Every city needs a place to put the garbage.  The city is responsible for picking up the garbage and taking it to transfer stations.  There, they are transferred to the dump.  The body is the same way – because it creates waste, it needs to have a system for eliminating that waste safely. 

To do the job, we have six main ways we eliminate and detoxify waste.  Firstly, we have the garbage collector, the liver.  Its main job is to process toxins out.  It “filters the blood”.  When it has removed a toxin from the blood it will send it to one of two places.   It will process a toxin and send it to the bowels which we can call the dump.  Or it will send the toxins to the kidneys, also a kind of dump/recycling centre. 

Another place that serves a major roll is the skin.  Toxins are eliminated through the skin and function much like a septic field.  Running toxins through the skin helps the kidneys, much like a house that uses a septic field.  It basically means less waste is send to the dump (kidneys).

The lymphatic system is our immune system, but also serves as transportation for toxins and nutrients.  It’s like the garbage man.  When the body is not eliminating toxins well, the lymphatic system can get overrun or backed up.  This can mean low energy, low immunity, and ill health.

Finally we need oxygen, and that comes from the lungs.  We use oxygen to produce energy (fuel) and the byproduct is carbon dioxide.  Much like the garbage truck that needs gasoline and produces carbon dioxide, the lungs are elimination organs too.  They remove harmful carbon dioxide from the blood as a sort of exhaust system.  Faster cars usually have bigger exhaust pipes because more oxygen means more fuel can be burned faster.  That is why it is really important to get carbon dioxide out of the way, for more energy.  Carbon dioxide is an acid and if not eliminated well can build up leading to acidity in the body.  This may contribute to conditions like arthritis and osteoporosis and the loss of calcium in the body.

All these systems must work together to work efficiently.  Here are some suggestions for how we can help these systems along for greater health:

Lymphatic Drainage is one way to help the body eliminate toxins.  This is a service offered at the Bodhi Day Spa which is a form of massage.  As you increase the lymphatic drainage, you help stimulate the other organs of elimination and detoxification.  This is supported with a whole food diet that contains plenty of fiber rich foods which helps keep the bowels strong. 

Dry Skin Brushing helps remove dead skin cells and detoxification through the skin.  This service will also gently stimulate the lymphatic tissue.   Use this service in conjunction with Body Scrubs, another service that is beneficial for skin detoxification.  Far Infrared Saunas Are beneficial for detoxification through the skin as well.  These services can also help the other systems of detoxification by helping them “take a load off”.  Drinking plenty of pure water will help with elimination of water soluble waste.

At home, we can pay attention to what we put in our body as well as what we use on the skin.  Cosmetics will absorb into the skin and have to be filtered by the liver.  Bodhi Day Spa uses natural and organic skin care products like Yum Skincare because we believe in purity. 

Bodhi Day Spa has a variety of Detoxifying Treatments available.  The staff is knowledgeable on how you can improve your lifestyle in addition to these essential services.  Let’s all be aware of how our body removes toxins so we can improve the way we feel, have greater energy levels, better sleep and mood.